France: Two students fire at head teacher in high school

Mangalore Today News Network

France, Mar 16, 2017 : French police say there has been a shooting in a high school in the southern town of Grasse.The shooting at the high school in Grasse comes as France remains in a state of emergency following deadly attacks in Paris in 2015 and an attack last year in the city of Nice, which is 40 kilometers (25 miles) away from Grasse.

 

According to a statement from the local town hall in Grasse, “two students fired on the head teacher” with one of them arrested afterwards, and another on the run.

Eight people have been injured in the incident, Reuters reported quoting the French interior ministry spokesman.

The arrested 17-year-old student was armed with a rifle, two handguns and two grenades, a police source said.

“The individual does not seem to be known by police,” the source said.

All schools in the town some 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Nice have been locked down, education authorities said.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve cut short a trip to the northern Somme area because of the Grasse shooting, as well as a letter bomb blast at the offices of the International Monetary Fund in Paris on Thursday.